Unless you're a grammar nut like I am, chances are you've never heard the term "passive voice." Here's a quick explanation: Passive voice without attribution is when we learn that something happens without learning...

Stephen King, Anne Rice, Nora Roberts, and Tom Clancy. Even if you’ve never read their work, you know that King writes horror, Rice writes paranormal (mostly vampires), Roberts writes romance, and Clancy writes espionage thrillers. Despite...

As young, emerging writers, it is vital for us to take chances, putting ourselves out there for the world to see our work. The internet provides potential for us to do so, with online contests, boards, and blogs that connect us with an international...

Do you remember when the theatrical show STOMP hit the scene in the early ‘90s and – suddenly – every advertisement had the same percussive stomping audio track? No matter whether it was cars or sports shoes (maybe even bathroom...

  I wasn’t too surprised when my publisher announced, after the copy edit had been complete, that she didn’t like my title, and she’d like to ask the copy editor to brainstorm a few ideas. I hadn’t been married to...

I need to start by saying that I have been a medical social worker for 40 years. That was how I viewed myself. That was my identity. The only writing I did was in hospital medical records. Until one day when I saw the family of my patient outside in...